Penny Arcade Longs for Old New York
Longing Lasts Longer by Penny Arcade is a dynamic blend of stand-up comedy, political rant, and performance,
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Ten Activist Authors Coming to the Miami Book Fair
The election is over, but for activists and organizers, that only marks a new chapter in the fight. In times of trouble, looking to strong leaders can help you lift your weary head — and numerous leaders are making their way to Miami this month. This year’s Miami…
The 21 Best Things to Do in Miami This Week
Thursday In what might be the best name of a Florida-themed photography exhibition ever, “A Peculiar Paradise” opens at HistoryMiami this Thursday. The exhibit includes more than 100 pics from guest photographer Nathan Benn, who was on assignment for National Geographic in Florida in 1981. It was an interesting time…
Not Sure How to Vote? Women’s Movement Has Your Midterm Election Cheat Sheet
As a young Latina living in Miami, I am fortunate to blend right in. I move through my city without feeling terribly different from those around me. This, I recognize, is an immense privilege. I am blessed to have been born in this tiny, colorfully diverse pocket within the…
Centenarian Actress and Holocaust Survivor Rosalee Glass Shares Her Secrets to a Long Life
Rosalee Glass isn’t your average 102-year-old. For starters, she’s one of 55,000 people in America, roughly 0.02 percent of the population, to join the elusive ranks of centenarians. Her rarity surpasses even that: She’s a Holocaust survivor, self-made businesswomen, author, advice consultant, senior Miss Congeniality pageant winner, and a late Hollywood actress. Put it all together and it’s no stretch to conclude that Rosalee’s life story is unrivaled and one of a kind. What’s her secret? “To be happy and to show love,” she says, “and to make an exciting life.”
In Monrovia, Indiana, Midwestern Politeness Tumps Frederick Wiseman
The film’s most arresting, revealing passages — the only scenes where anyone disagrees with anyone else about anything at all — concern the town council
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Sticker Disco Pop-Up at Waowig Studio Offers Quirky Art From Miami to Japan
Designer Moises Esquenazi and his partner Christopher Menendez spent the better part of the summer hiking through Japan. Like 19th-century explorers, they traversed the island nation in search of one of its modern cultural exports: stickers. That’s right. Stickers. Following a childlike fascination with all things harajuku, the pair decided…
Actor Gino Vento on Mayans M.C.‘s Season Finale: “Get Ready to Pick Your Jaw Up Off the Ground”
Mayans M.C. is the spinoff series from what was once everyone’s guilty pleasure Sons of Anarchy (oh, RIP to the sweet abs on that show). Garnering what FX network President Nick Grad called “breakout ratings,” the cable program was renewed for a second season mere episodes into the first. Hotly anticipated by die-hard fans, Mayans M.C. season 1 finale airs Tuesday, November 6.
The Girl in the Spider’s Web Reduces Its Heroine to a Meh James Bond
By and large, this latest entry in Lisbeth’s adventures … offers a drab genre piece that’s more like an attempt to establish a James Bond-like franchise for Lisbeth than a compelling exploration of the character
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The Best Election Night Watch Parties in Miami
Midterm elections are surrounded by so much hype this year that some are comparing them to the Super Bowl. But there’s an important difference: In football, the worst-case scenario is your team loses and those Fantasy Football projections suffer a nosedive. The upcoming elections will do much more than merely…
Paul Dano’s Wildlife Is a Superb Drama of a Fracturing American Family
The couple has begun to discover that raw truth that, around 1960, American novelists and filmmakers were only starting to face in their art: that the post-war dream of a little house and a little family just might not be enough to ensure happiness
The Best Free Events in Miami This Week
The Miami Book Fair, election night watch parties, and more of the best free events happening in South Florida this week, November 5 through 11.
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The Two Dopest Yachts at This Year’s Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show
One has a pool with a retractable roof and a translucent bottom, and the other comes with all kinds of fun toys.
Eyes on Miami: DJ Khaled, Sally Field, Pharrell Williams, and Others
It’s not easy having eyes all over the scene, being around to take in all the wild visuals at all the worthwhile places in the city. There are, however, those parties and gallery openings where a fortunate photographer can point and shoot. Every week, in collaboration with WorldRedEye, New Times…
The Best Things to Do in Miami This Weekend
The Coral Gables Food, Wine & Spirits Festival, March for Black Women, Final Fantasy in concert, and more of the best things to do in Miami this weekend, November 2 through 4.
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Little Haiti’s Activist Zine Fair Is for the People, by the People
The Activist Fair is a radical new mini-zine fair going down in the heart of Little Haiti November 3. Exile Books is calling all zine makers, independent publishers, and artists collectives interested in social causes who want to buy, sell and trade their work to attend. Amanda Keeley, the founder…
Children’s Film Festival Aims to Reach Kid Viewers “at a Pivotal Time in Their Lives”
Parents are always looking for safe, fun, and educational experiences for their children. This weekend, they’ll find all three at the sixth annual Miami International Children’s Film Festival happening November 2-4 at the Coral Gables Art Cinema. “What we want to do is entertain children of all ages, and families…
Creative Time Summit Brings Artists Together in Miami
Immigration, climate change, racial violence, and gentrification — these are issues that need to be addressed both in Miami and throughout the rest of the world. Creative Time, a New York-based public arts organization, saw an opportunity to explore these issues from a local and global context at the…
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Orson Welles’ Lost The Other Side of the Wind Has Genius — and Bloat He’d Have Trimmed
Despite being built based on Welles’ notes and the input of people who were in front of and behind the camera on set, this The Other Side of the Wind has a haphazard “well, he shot it, so we better include it” vibe
Agustina Woodgate and O, Miami Turn Miami-Dade Sidewalks Into Poetic Art
Poetry is best read aloud. That’s a known fact of literary nature. But what becomes of it when it’s stamped into a concrete sidewalk? Miami-based artist Agustina Woodgate devised a scheme to see how that would play out after she won a Knight Arts Challenge grant about three years ago. This…
Hip-Hop Satire Bodied Hits Hard Until It Goes All Serious in the End
Director Joseph Kahn (who cowrote the script with actual battle rapper Alex “Kid Twist” Larsen), a man who directed many a hip-hop video in his time, knows exactly what cliches and tropes need to be mocked
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The 21 Best Things to Do This Week
Thursday Art and politics will come together when the Creative Time Summit hits Miami for the first time. The summit, now in its 11th year, is typically chock full of meaningful workshops, discussions, roundtables, performances, and other diversions designed to inspire people to take meaningful, artsy action. The theme of…